Method of preserving and marketing fresh fish.



A. |Vl. McDOUGALL.

METHOD OF PRESERVING AND MARKETING FRESH FISH.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-16, 1914 1 1%Q, 1 7%, Patented May 18, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 16, 191a. Serial No.812,552.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MILLER MGDOUGALL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of- St.

Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Methods of Preserving and (Marketing Fresh Fish, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in glethods of preserving and marketing fresh The object of method, whereby fresh fish can be readily preserved and placed in the hands of the consumer in'a-s fresh a state as possible,

Another object of my invention is to provide a methodof this character in which the fish can be handled in an absolutely sanitary condition and sold to the consumer, without any liability of the fish becoming spoiled.

In theaccompanying drawingsz' Figure 1- is a perspective view of my improved carton of fish as it is received by the consumer with the top of the carton open. Fig.2 is a perspective view of my impro gedcarton of frozen fish, placed within a second carton and wrapped ready for shipment. Fig. 3 is a.--perspective view of a large. package showing a series of the small cartons thereinin which manner the cartons are frozen and afterward separated and sold to the consumer. This invention relates more particularly to the handling of fish of small size such as herring, or-the like, and the method is to place a number of small fish 1, preferably one ,or' two dozen in a carton 2 as soon as possible after bein washed, the latter having been previous y lined with a suitable water-proof paper 3. The fish are placed within the carton in rows and having their *tailsoverlap'ping to make as-compact a mass: of fish as possible. After the fish are thus placed in t-he'carton, the paper 3. is folded-' over the top of the fishand the cover closed and the same as nearly hermetioallysealedas possible. Anumb .of'these, filled car.- tons 2, preferably 10, as hownm the'draw' '7 .ings, are tightly packedwithin the large i wooden box 4 which is also lined with paper .5- and is then hermetically sealed as near as possible; The box thus filled, isflslibjected- V -."-teinperature below freezing-until the serving fish consisting ofplacing the fish."

my invention is to provide a a 2.v The herein. described 'inethod of preserving fish. consisting of placing the fish are retained in such a condition ,until deliveredto the consumer.

The space between? the fish/is not filled with liquid, but there being more or less moisture on and within the fishthe contents of each carton is frozen into practically a solid mass. a

The individual cartons are preferably snugly packed Within the wooden box and there being mbre or. less frost formed onthe outside of each individual'carton caused by the freezing, of the contents of the-cartons which results in the separate cartons freez- 111g together and forming practically a solid umt or mass.

While I have shown and described each Patented nayie neie smaller carton with one or two dozen fish,

it will be understood that any number of fish can be placed in a carton and any number of cartons can be packed in larger boxes all of which makes a very convenient and attractive package. The paper used in lining both 'the' carton and the receptacle is of a water-proof character which retains any moisture from the fish or from the frost, and whereby the whole series of boxes become a solid unit or mass as heretofore described. f Y

Fish as is well understood is a very perishbut it has been found that by my improved method of preserving fish they can be delivered to the consumer in an absolutely fresh and sanitary condition.

' It is further understood that the small cartons may be placed'individu'ally within other cartons .and safely shipped comparatively long distances, when this method. of packing and preserving is .employed.

Having thus fully described my inven- "tion, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v v

l. The herein described method of preserving fish: consisting 'of placing the fish 'within;.; an"air-tight carton and placing a number fof cartons. within a larger package and free zingthe' seriesof cartons into .a

solid unit or mass.

within vthe]cartonssand placing a series of cartons witliin'a larger rece "'tacle'and freezmg several cartons 11113011 so rdflunrt-or mass.

3. The 'herein-fdesoribed methodof prei able food and very hard'to get to the con- I suiner in an absolutely sanitary condition,

within an air-tight carton just after being washed and placing a series of cartons with-' in a larger receptacle and freezing the series of cartons into a solid unit or mass by the frost forming on the outside of the cartons.

. and freezing the series of cartons into a solid mass by the frost formed on the outside of the cartons.

5. The herein described method of preserving and marketing fish, consisting of snugly filling a paper lined carton with fresh fish having their tails overlapping, as nearly as possible hermetically sealing the closed carton, subjecting the carton to a freezing temperature until the fish are frozen into a solid mass, placing the frozen carton within a second carton and shipping to the consumer. i I

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my e signature in the presence of two witnesses. ALEXANDER MILLER Moll QUGALL. Witnesses:

S, GEO. STEVENS, R. H. HALL. 

